The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-01-13

crew Of the freight train, the engineer and
conductor being intoxicated and wrangling.
The Bibb county orphan home, at Macon,
Ga, burned New Years night, and y chil.
dren were turned out II their night clothes,
with the Thermometer II degrees below zero.
Portage II Prairie lost ten houses BY fre,
Jan. 2. Four people had to escape by
~@Raa9 sa9 om ,a,.s@ .sc1nd sto wodoT ;,r snd
ance one half.
Two steamers and four barges lying at
anchor at Cairo, H., loaded with cotton,
soda ash and sundries took fire on the
morning of the 18th, and burned to the
waters edge. Loss $1,000
Fire at Greensburg, Westmoreland Co.,
Pa, on the 18th destroyed four buildings,
among the finest in the city including the
Laird House, from which guests escaped in
their night clothes. The loss ID $4,000.
At Geneva, Pa, on the 3rd the boiler in
Thompson's saw mill exploded wrecling
the mill. killing three men outright and
badly injuring fourth. Frank Thompson,
son Of the proprietor was one OF the killed.
At Niagara Falls. on the evening Of Jan.
8, man dressed In . dark suit Of clothes
committed suicide by jumping from the
railway suspension bridge into the rapids
OF the Niagara river distance Of 1876 feet
At East st. Louis, Ills, water tank ON
the roof OF Helms brewery fell through
the roof killing one man and breaking
which was Inhaled BY two men causing
their death.
At Carthage, N. Y, Jan. 3 Richard Ingra-
ham of Fulton and BENJAMIN Benson of o.
densburg were instantly killed and George
vaIney q Carthage badly injured while
mass Of frozen OIL and rock falling upon
them.
January 4th the Dartmouth hotel and
several other buildings at Hanover, N. H.,
burned. Total loss sl25,c00. A fire at
Sacketts Harbor, N. r., destroyed O,O0O
worth Of property. At Louisville, KY, .
hat and cap store was burned out. Loss
e2S,OO.
The Albany, n. r., train to Sprin gfeld
Mass, met with serious accident near the
latter city on the 4th, caused by the break
ing Of . baggage car wheel. Three cars
were dorailod and burned, two lives were
lost and eighteen passenger injured. a
large amount Of western mail was burned
At Scranton, Pa, Mrs. John Burke, going
upstairs with : lighted lamp fell to the bot
tom and was stunned. The lamp exploded
and set her clothing on fire. Before she
could be rescued she was burned almost 70
. crisp. Her husband, who = blind, was
brought help TO the house, which, unfortu-
nately, arrived too late
January 9th President Cleveland sent the
following nominations to the senate
Thomas C. Manning, OF Louisiana, envoy
to Mexico; Hugh A. Densm0re, minister
resident aud consul general to COrea; Rob-
ert &. Culbreth, Of California, consul al
Apia; Thomas A. Bassaw, Of Missouri
attorney for the Eastern district Of Missouri.
A frightful accident occurred January /,
ct r. R. crossing two miles from Fort
Wayne, Ind. A sleigh containing 20 per.
sons going to dance was struck by Q train
and two ladies killed and several terribly
hurt. The driver, who saw the approaching
train and We: implorsd by the gentlemen e
out, but the ladies did not succeed in doine
this until too late. Tho scene Just after the
accident was heartreuding. A relief train
was sent to the scene with Q corps of sur
ge0pa, and tho dead and wounded wers
properly cared for
At4 .. M, Jan. 1, seven miles from TifIin
Ohio, . freight and passenger train on the
Baltimore 4 Ohio r. R., came in collision
wrecking both, and three passenger coachel
were burned. The bodies Of nineteen pas
sengcrs had been taken from the wrecl
when the first report was sent, and doubt
less more were lost. The thermometer wal
degrees below zero, and the scene was ons
Of indescribable horror. Later reports putt
number Of killed at g. The engineer OF tha
disaster. One statement u that he VA
drunk, and another that his engine rot on
Of steam and could not pull tho train. HI
sent out no danger signals or warning d
any kind, though his train was on tn
main track on the time Of the passenger
| train.